1962 Asian Games medal table

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The 1962 Asian Games, officially known as the Fourth Asian Games,{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=957&dat=19620904&id=pr4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=01YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3802,3582046 | title=Stormy Asian Games Near End After Riotous Display | work=Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph | date=4 September 1962 | accessdate=12 January 2014 | location=Quebec City | pages=9 | publisher=via Google News Archive}} was a multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 24 August to 4 September 1962. This edition of the Asian Games was a subject of major international controversy when the host nation denied two Asian Games Federation members, Republic of China and Israel, to participate in the Games.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19641009&id=DmJhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hdcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2774,785983 | title=Olympic Games Open Saturday | work=The Southeast Missourian | date=9 October 1964 | accessdate=12 January 2014 | location=Cape Girardeau | pages=5 | publisher=via Google News Archive}} Consequently, the International Olympic Committee revoked the Indonesia's membership and barred it from participating in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Games and related infrastructure development projects in Jakarta were heavily funded by the Soviet Union and were given "top priority" by the then-President of Indonesia, Sukarno.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19600925&id=o_pjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1250,9195493 | title=Indonesia's 'Luxury' Games | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=25 September 1960 | accessdate=12 January 2014 | author=Shaw, John | location=Sydney | pages=49 | publisher=via Google News Archive}}

Medal table

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| event = 1962 Asian Games

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| team =

| gold_JPN = 73 | silver_JPN = 56 | bronze_JPN = 23

| gold_INA = 11 | silver_INA = 12 | bronze_INA = 28 | host_INA = yes

| gold_IND = 10 | silver_IND = 13 | bronze_IND = 10

| gold_PAK = 8 | silver_PAK = 11 | bronze_PAK = 9

| gold_PHI = 7 | silver_PHI = 6 | bronze_PHI = 24

| gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 9 | bronze_KOR = 10

| gold_THA = 2 | silver_THA = 6 | bronze_THA = 4

| gold_MAL = 2 | silver_MAL = 4 | bronze_MAL = 9

| gold_BIR = 2 | silver_BIR = 1 | bronze_BIR = 5

| gold_SIN = 1 | silver_SIN = 0 | bronze_SIN = 2

| gold_CEY = 0 | silver_CEY = 2 | bronze_CEY = 3

| gold_HKG = 0 | silver_HKG = 2 | bronze_HKG = 0

| gold_AFG = 0 | silver_AFG = 0 | bronze_AFG = 1

| gold_CAM = 0 | silver_CAM = 0 | bronze_CAM = 1

| gold_VNM = 0 | silver_VNM = 0 | bronze_VNM = 1

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References

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  • [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19620905-1.2.129.4 The Straits Times, 5 September 1962, Page 19]
  • [http://ocasia.org/MedalTally/GhafMedalTally?q=fp6MqPvMRAqKw2AX2WdtQTurP3bwtokn4AtSxwJHSws= Overall Medal Standings - Jakarta 1962] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231101735/http://www.ocasia.org/MedalTally/GhafMedalTally?q=fp6MqPvMRAqKw2AX2WdtQTurP3bwtokn4AtSxwJHSws= |date=2018-12-31 }}

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Medal table

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